Galileo: A LifeBeard Books, 2005 - 332 pages A suspenseful narrative and spiritive rendition of the life of Galileo. |
Contents
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PADUA AND VENICE | 37 |
The Golden Ox | 39 |
Frogs and Mice | 58 |
The Stone and the Quarry | 83 |
FLORENCE | 107 |
The Nasty Seed | 109 |
Gloom at Bellosguardo | 172 |
The Heart of the Scorpion | 188 |
Convulsion | 211 |
The Trial of Galileo | 233 |
SIENA AND ARCETRI | 263 |
Blind Obedience | 265 |
Apology | 283 |
Biographers Notes | 287 |
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